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Title: coin/love token or token? Post by: kaister on September 24, 2009, 02:25:32 PM I found this whislt out with my brother in the field next to the one with the lead cloth seal. in the spinks book its exactly the same as the guinea 1788 but is should be made of gold which it clearly isnt. its also very thin like some of the tokens i have seen. so again guys any help would be great.
Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: ROMAN STEVE on September 24, 2009, 03:07:49 PM nice find sorry havent got a clue
Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: DIGGA on September 24, 2009, 03:23:52 PM MY BEST GUESS WOULD BE THAT ITS SOME TYPE OF TOKEN MATE ,,,, WAS IT FOUND LOCALLY ??? NICE PIECE THO ;) ;)
Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: mickycoin "mick" on September 24, 2009, 03:25:39 PM just a guess but could it be a gameing token?? nice find anyway mick
Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: waltonbasinman on September 24, 2009, 03:27:39 PM Very nice and very unusual. You are right about the guinea and my best guess would be a token of some kind.
Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: The Doc on September 24, 2009, 05:29:09 PM Yes - it's a gaming token. The scalloped edge is unusual, perhaps it was home-made.
Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: kaister on September 24, 2009, 08:36:54 PM gaming token sounds about right, it seems that the shape round the outside must have being done by hand, as it cuts out some bits of the letters, outher thatn thay its a replica of the guineas, thanks again guys. the bad news is i droped it and cant find it on the floor in the attic :'(
Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: Neil on September 24, 2009, 10:19:51 PM Its a gaming token mate that has been doctored at some point similar to the photo below of numerous ones that I bought at auction a while ago.
Nice find though Neil Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: DIGGA on September 24, 2009, 10:23:14 PM WHERES THAT AUCTION NEIL AND WHAT OTHER COINS DO THEY SELL ?????
Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: Neil on September 24, 2009, 11:49:11 PM This was a while ago Digga - I think I picked them up at Anthemeas Auction house in Cardiff - can't remember. Mum and Dad are in the trade and let me know if there is anything they think I may like. My house is full of old rubbish - it may even have been fleabay thinking about it!
It does my wifes head in! Her best expression to date is when I came home from an auction in the Copthorne about 6 years ago with a Spanish Civil War deactivated machine gun! Her face was priceless. :o Neil Title: Re: coin/love token or token? Post by: kaister on September 25, 2009, 09:01:06 AM thanks for the pics neil, thats definately it is. now all i have to do is find it again...lol
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